LINCOLN INTERMEDIATE UNIT #12 PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS (New Oxford, PA)

Blind and visually impaired support includes services for students with the disability of visual impairment, including blindness. LIU#12 services range from itinerant to a full time continuum of vision services. LIU#12 provides services from birth to students 21 years of age. In addition to the general education curriculum, students with visual impairment may require instruction in unique skill areas such as social skills, techniques of daily living, listening skills, orientation and mobility, low vision utilization and others. The population of students who are eligible for special education services due to visual impairment is extremely diverse. The student population includes students who are totally blind or with minimal light perception, as well as students with low vision who have high levels of functional vision, although less than the norm. For some students, visual impairment is their only disability; while others have one or more additional disabilities that will effect, to varying degrees, their learning and development. Students with visual impairment may require accommodations to participate in certain types of instructional and/or standardized assessments. Because of varied needs and levels of functioning, recommendations for specific types of accommodations must be made by the IEP team in collaboration with the teacher of students with visual impairments.